Engineers Fall to Springfield, Set Sights on Playoff Appearance

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - MIT closed out its
regular season with a 13-2 loss to host Springfield College in a
Pilgrim Lacrosse League game on Saturday. Despite the defeat, the
Engineers (7-7, 4-3 NEWMAC) earned a spot in the Pilgrim
Championship Tournament for the first time since 2001 and will be
making the fourth appearance in the program's history. The Cardinal
and Gray will kick off its postseason run on Wednesday, April 29 at
a location yet to be determined.

Springfield found the back of the net twice early in the opening
period. Following almost eight minutes of scoreless play, the Pride
registered three goals during the final 1:52. The first-quarter
spurt was capped off by a Jake Beebe strike with just one second
remaining to give Springfield a 5-0 lead.

The Pride carried the momentum into the second stanza as Pat
Cavanaugh scored the first of his four goals after 47 seconds
elapsed. Joe Heney lit the lamp and Cavanaugh added another as
Springfield entered the break with an 8-0 advantage.

In the third quarter, the Pride pumped in three goals in a span
of 1:10, including tallies from Cavanaugh and Adam Ismaeil just 13
seconds apart, as it increased its margin to 11-0. Another blast by
Cavanaugh followed before MIT ended its scoring drought with 2:01
left in the frame.

John
Kucharczyk found Neil Zimmerman who
tallied a man-up goal when Matt Cipolla could not hang onto the
ball after making the initial save. Zimmerman added another goal
that was set up by Ryan Ballentine
with 44 ticks left in the period. A goal from Mark Eaton in the
fourth quarter closed out the scoring for the contest.